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Spending some time on Facebook makes it abundantly clear that identified use does not prevent people from acting like horribly.
by skummetmaelk 8y ago
Spending some time on Facebook makes it abundantly clear that identified use does not prevent people from acting like horribly.
- ggm 8y agoCuration helps. George Megalogenis (newspaper man) used to say "my blog, my rules" and fearlessly cut stuff he didn't think had any merit. But I take your point. It is no guarantee of success, just to require people to be identified.
- justtopost 8y agoTo further that point, many open discussions of sensitive issues are not going to to be 'figured out' publicly, under a real name, where my family reads. Anonyminity is powerful for open discussions without taboo that will have repurcussions elsewhere. Facebook et al are possibly the worst forum for hard discussion.